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The Development of a Locus of Control Measure Designed to Assess Intellectually Disabled Students’ Beliefs in Adaptive Behaviour Situations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Bruce Allen Knight
Bruce Allen Knight*
Affiliation:
The University of New England, Armidale
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Correspondence concerning this paper may be sent to Dr B A Knight, Department of Learning, Development and Communication, The University of New England, Armidale, 2351
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Abstract

This article presents the background outlining the development of a locus of control measure designed to examine intellectually disabled students’ expectancy of control of reinforcement in the adaptive behaviour domains. The importance of students’ locus of control in behavioural situations is discussed, as is the theoretical framework upon which the Knight Adaptive Behaviour Locus of Control Scale was developed.

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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 13 - 21
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1992

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